solve

solve
verb
ADVERB
▪ completely
▪

The mystery has not yet been completely solved.

▪ largely
▪ half, partially, partly
▪ hardly
▪ actually, really
▪

It doesn't really solve the problem.

▪ not necessarily
▪

Being with friends does not necessarily solve my problem.

▪ adequately, satisfactorily
▪

This question has never been satisfactorily solved.

▪ effectively
▪ easily, readily
▪ quickly
▪ neatly
▪ magically, somehow
▪ eventually, finally
▪ never
VERB + SOLVE
▪ attempt to, try to
▪ help (to), help sb (to)
▪

We were given clues to help us solve the puzzle.

▪ be designed to
▪

a plan designed to solve the housing problem

▪ fail to
▪ be difficult to
PREPOSITION
▪ by
▪

We hope the difficulty can be solved by getting the two sides together to discuss the issues.

▪ with
▪

The problem cannot be solved with spending cuts alone.

PHRASES
▪ an attempt to solve sth
▪ be aimed at solving sth
▪

research aimed at solving the growing problem of child obesity

▪ be good at solving sth
▪

She's really good at solving problems.

▪ focus on solving sth
▪

We need to focus on solving the country's problem.

▪ help in solving sth
▪

their appeal for help in solving the case

Solve is used with these nouns as the object: ↑case, ↑challenge, ↑conflict, ↑crime, ↑crisis, ↑crossword, ↑difficulty, ↑dilemma, ↑disagreement, ↑disappearance, ↑dispute, ↑equation, ↑murder, ↑mystery, ↑paradox, ↑predicament, ↑problem, ↑puzzle, ↑shortage

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